Dictionary - Merriam-Webster

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About this app

Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your Android device. Continuously updated with the newest words and meanings, this is the premier Android app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building.

And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds.

The app is free, and supported by ads. To remove ads, a subscription is available.

Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search.

Features:
* New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary
* Additional vocabulary-building resources available with in-app purchase
* Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it
* Word of the Day: learn a new word every day
* Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use
* Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context
* Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots
* Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you
* Favorite Word Syncing: share your favorites between devices
* For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index
America's most useful and respected dictionary.
Updated on
Sep 30, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Location, App activity and 2 others
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Personal info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

485K reviews
A Google user
October 6, 2019
damn app. sometimes, when I'm online, it loads indefinitely when I search for a word. As soon as I go offline, it instantly gives me the definition. My question is, why the hell would it go seek for things on the internet? Furthermore, it looks like the "listen for word's pronunciation" functionality doesn't allow you to choose between american and british pronunciations; very annoying. Third annoyance is the return button doesn't get me back to previous word. Great user interface though.
31 people found this review helpful
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Hamidreza Azizi
March 24, 2024
This dictionary has the best thesaurus and I have had it for years & I couldn't really cope with other dics after using i. The dictionary itself is the best available IMO and the only downside is its transcribed pronunciation which is not in API (not a big deal). But the app is not perfect. Although it has numerous features like games and quizes and doesn't have any bugs or technical problems, whenever you touch anything on the screen it opens that word's entry that you can't at least turn off.
7 people found this review helpful
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Lil
August 26, 2026
I don't normally mind ads, but the ads I've been getting from the app lately are blatant full screen scareware malicious ads that'll definitely put something on your device. Wish they screened who they have advertising on their site. Besides that the app itself works great. Loved being able to speak the word I'm trying to find if I didn't know how to spell it. Bummer.
16 people found this review helpful
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What’s new

A dictionary update with 1,400 new words and definitions.